Answer: Elvis and Priscilla Presley
In the pictures from her wedding to Elvis, Priscilla was shown with a black beehive and dramatic eye make-up. Mia Farrow was famous for her pixie hair cut at the time of her 1966 marriage to Old Blue Eyes. Cher had notoriously long straight hair for most of her career including in 1964 when she married Sonny Bono. The Jaggers were wed in 1971 at a Catholic church in St. Tropez, France.
From Quiz: 1960s All American Entertainment
Answer: In Dreams
Roy Orbison had a string of around 30 hit singles in the 1960s. "In Dreams", which was sung and written by the "Big O", made the grade in 1963. "In Dreams" peaked at #7 in the US, and #6 in the UK. Roy Orbison, who died in 1988, had won awards in the "Grammy Hall of Fame", "Songwriters" and "Rock and Roll" Halls of Fame.
From Quiz: That's Entertainment - Swinging 60's Style #3
Answer: sweet nothins
"Sweet Nothin's" peaked at #4 in both the US and UK singles charts. It was Brenda Lee's first UK hit. Brenda, real name Brenda Tarpley, first recorded at the age of eleven and earned the title "Little Miss Dynamite" for her dynamic performances.
From Quiz: That's Entertainment - Swinging 60's Style Pt2
Answer: Mrs. Robinson
"The Graduate" starred Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, an insecure student who has just left college. Benjamin becomes involved with Mrs. Robinson, the mother of his girlfriend and wife of his father's employer. Benjamin is eventually disillusioned when he discovers Mrs. Robinson, played by Anne Bancroft, was just using him as a plaything.
Although there is supposed to be a generation of difference in their film character ages Anne Bancroft was only six years older than Hoffman.
From Quiz: That's Entertainment ! - Swinging 60's Style
Answer: Hawaii Five-O
"Book him, Danno. Murder one."
In my memory, this was the last line of virtually episode of "Hawaii Five-O", the police procedural in paradise that ran on CBS from September of 1968 all the way until April of 1980. The show starred Jack Lord as Detective Steve McGarrett, head of an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police.
Both NBC's "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" and CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" have since surpassed its record for longevity but "H50" certainly had an impressive run.
Jack Lord became a permanent resident of Hawaii and was clearly a beloved figure. He was often talked about as a potential political candidate and when he died, fans gathered together to fund a statue of him in Honolulu.
From Quiz: 1968: The Year in Entertainment
Answer: Brian Epstein
Brian Epstein, the man who put the Beatles on the road to unprecedented success, died too early. He was only 32 when, on August 27, 1967, he died of an overdose of Carbitral, a form of barbiturate. There is little doubt that Epstein's premature death hastened the break-up of the Beatles a little more than 2 years later.
Epstein had read about the Beatles in Mersey Beat, a local newspaper devoted to the Liverpool rock and roll scene in the early '60s. A visit to the Cavern Club, where the Beatles played regularly, convinced Epstein to sign the boys to a management contract. He cleaned up their act, put them in matching suits and, after a Herculean effort, secured them a recording contract at EMI. The rest, as they say, is history.
From Quiz: 1967: The Year in Entertainment
Answer: The Flintstones
The Flintstones premiered in September of 1960, it was the first cartoon animated series that was slot in prime time, as it was aired at 8:30pm on Friday nights in the United States. The series ran for six seasons airing 166 episodes, with the last one aired on April 1st 1966. The show originally was going to be called the Flagstones, but in the last minute the name was changed by Hanna-Barbera.
From Quiz: Rewind the '60s
Answer: Noxzema shaving cream
The Noxzema commercials with Knutson, which ran until 1973, also featured a sexy man slowly running a razor down his face. She graced the cover of Life magazine in 1970. In the '70s Joe Namath and a pre-"Charlie's Angels" Farrah Fawcett began hawking the product.
From Quiz: They Said It in the '60s
Answer: Ursula Andress
The official series of Bond movies (by the way, all produced by the Broccoli family) started with "Dr. No" in 1962. In this movie, James Bond (played by Sean Connery) investigates the vanishing of one of his colleagues in Jamaica. James meets Honey Rider, played by Ursula Andress. "Tell me more, tell me what she wore", to put it in Lee Pockriss' words. Well, it was an "itsy bitsy teeny weeny bikini", but without the polka dots Lee mentioned. Besides, the colour is not yellow, but white.
Lotte Lenya played Rosa Krebbs in the Bond movie "From Russia with Love" (1963).
Honor Blackman starred in "Goldfinger" (1964) as Pussy Galore.
Akiko Wakabayashi was Aki, the Japanese Bond girl, in "You Only Live Twice" (1967).
From Quiz: Any Way The Sixties Blow
Answer: Super Bowl I
Officially billed as the "First World Championship Game AFL vs. NFL", this football game would later become known as "Super Bowl I". AFL champions Kansas City Chiefs faced off against NFL champions Green Bay Packers, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It was the only Super Bowl game ever simultaneously broadcast by two rival networks due to the fact that CBS held the TV rights for the NFL and NBC those for the AFL. Halftime commercials were very affordable compared to today's prices - a 30-second spot could be had for a mere $42,000.
From Quiz: The 1960s - Entertainment at its Most Colorful
